Mesa police: Woman found dead after reported shooting

Authorities are investigating a possible shooting that left a 30-year-old woman dead outside a Mesa residence Tuesday morning, according to the Mesa Police Department.

Police responded at about 3:00 a.m. Tuesday to a 911 call reporting that shots were fired at a neighborhood near Main Street and Stapley Drive, said Sgt. Tony Landato with the Mesa Police Department. Police arrived to the scene and found a woman lying on the street with several people gathered around her.

Landato said the woman was declared dead on the scene, “with at least one probable gunshot wound” on her body.

Police said they believe the death was the result of a possible dispute between two groups of people at the neighborhood, Landato said. One of these groups was gathered at a nearby home and the other stopped by the area.

It is unclear whether there was a shootout between the two groups or only within one group, Landato said.

“It’s confusing because we got so many little bits of conflicting testimony,” he said. No one was immediately put in custody.

The woman’s name will be released once next of kin are notified, Landato said.

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